Here I go again, back in the same place I was mid July (or even earlier). Knee is flared up, having to cancel activity plans, hobbling along, skinny jeans are out of the question, bummed out.
I reread my last emails with my DPT from July. We had listed all these things I was going to modify to help the pain such as: TENS more, tape daily (not just for weight lifting), cut out the TRX squats stuff, lower weights for moves that seem to aggravate things. Well, I actually didn't do any of that stuff once I resumed rehab a couple weeks ago after the hiatus. I believe I was thinking, "Now I have more time, I'm going to pour myself into rehab, increase my weights, charge after it!" My expectations were off, maybe just due to how far along I am perhaps. I know what I have to change, so now I have to make those things happen. It is nice to have my DPT explain things to me in such a way that I feel like it's all normal, expected, all while cheering me on constantly. Still doesn't make having no timeline easy. Just need to stay in the moment and focus on what needs to take place today. Expectation management. I retook my knee scores. Last scores were from 90 days ago. I was excited to retake the test because seeing those numbers go up really give a boost! Surprisingly, despite being more functional compared to 90 days ago (with the biking, hiking, etc), all my scores went down. Probably because the week I happen to take them was a pretty painful week and questions are biased towards pain. Just goes to show tests don't always give the real picture. Not going to let numbers get me down, but here they are.
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AuthorA 45 year old active female who tore her ACL in January 2017 (at the age of 40). Reconstructive surgery in February 2017 with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. Archives
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